Referendum On The Future Of The Western Sahara

EDM number 298 in 2002-03, proposed by Jeremy Corbyn on 05/12/2002.

That this House expresses its profound regret that the Saharawi people are still waiting to exercise their right to self-determination, 27 years after Morocco's illegal occupation of the Western Sahara; is deeply concerned about continuing reports of human rights violations against the Saharawi people in occupied Western Sahara and the severe shortfall in food aid affecting those in neighbouring refugee camps; welcomes the UN Security Council's recent reassertion of the importance of the Saharawi's right to self-determination; further notes the willingness of the POLISARIO Front to discuss with Morocco arrangements for the holding of the referendum to determine the future of the Western Sahara and economic and political guarantees in the event of the Western Sahara achieving independence following the referendum; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to get the parties to resume their talks with the aim of holding the long-delayed referendum and restoring stability to the area.

This motion has been signed by a total of 113 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Jeremy Corbyn	05/12/2002	Islington North	Labour	Proposed
Ann Clwyd	05/12/2002	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
John Austin	05/12/2002	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	05/12/2002	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Williams	05/12/2002	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Michael Weir	09/12/2002	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Rudi Vis	09/12/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	09/12/2002	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Harry Barnes	09/12/2002	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	09/12/2002	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	09/12/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Lembit	09/12/2002	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Glenda Jackson	09/12/2002	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	10/12/2002	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	10/12/2002	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Paul Flynn	10/12/2002	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	10/12/2002	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Thomas	10/12/2002	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Derek Wyatt	10/12/2002	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Tony Cunningham	10/12/2002	Workington	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	10/12/2002	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	10/12/2002	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	10/12/2002	Gower	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	10/12/2002	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	10/12/2002	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Lepper	10/12/2002	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Marsha Singh	10/12/2002	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
John Battle	11/12/2002	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	11/12/2002	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	11/12/2002	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	12/12/2002	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	12/12/2002	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	12/12/2002	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	12/12/2002	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Wayne David	12/12/2002	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	12/12/2002	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Nick Palmer	12/12/2002	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	16/12/2002	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin McNamara	16/12/2002	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Patsy Calton	17/12/2002	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	18/12/2002	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rob Marris	18/12/2002	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	19/12/2002	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	19/12/2002	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	07/01/2003	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	08/01/2003	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	08/01/2003	Burton	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	08/01/2003	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
John MacDougall	09/01/2003	Central Fife	Labour	Signed
Martin O'Neill	09/01/2003	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Julia Drown	09/01/2003	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Barbara Follett	09/01/2003	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	13/01/2003			Signed
Humfrey Malins	13/01/2003	Woking	Conservative	Signed
Paul Keetch	13/01/2003	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Keen	13/01/2003	Brentford & Isleworth	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	13/01/2003	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adam Price	15/01/2003	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Tony Colman	15/01/2003	Putney	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	15/01/2003	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
David Wright	16/01/2003	Telford	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	16/01/2003	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	16/01/2003	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John Horam	16/01/2003	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Dennis Skinner	16/01/2003	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Tony Worthington	20/01/2003	Clydebank & Milngavie	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	20/01/2003	Edinburgh East & Musselburgh	Labour	Signed
David Stewart	20/01/2003	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	20/01/2003	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Frank Cook	20/01/2003	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Iain Coleman	20/01/2003	Hammersmith & Fulham	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	20/01/2003	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alice Mahon	20/01/2003	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Christine Russell	20/01/2003	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	21/01/2003	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	21/01/2003	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	21/01/2003	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	21/01/2003	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
David Drew	21/01/2003	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Chidgey	21/01/2003	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	22/01/2003	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sydney Chapman	22/01/2003	Chipping Barnet	Conservative	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	22/01/2003	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Whitehead	23/01/2003	Southampton, Test	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	23/01/2003	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	23/01/2003	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Diana Organ	23/01/2003	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Clive Soley	23/01/2003			Signed
Phil Sawford	23/01/2003	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	27/01/2003	North Down	UUP	Signed
Mike Wood	27/01/2003	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	28/01/2003	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	28/01/2003	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Norman Lamb	30/01/2003	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	31/01/2003	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	04/02/2003	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Angela Eagle	04/02/2003	Wallasey	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	05/02/2003	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Mark Tami	06/02/2003	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	12/02/2003	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	13/02/2003	Selby	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	27/02/2003	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Angus Robertson	03/03/2003	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Huw Edwards	11/03/2003	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	12/03/2003	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	13/03/2003	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Desmond Turner	18/03/2003	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
John McFall	27/03/2003	Dumbarton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ann McKechin	27/03/2003	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	02/04/2003	Huddersfield	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Patrick Hall	08/04/2003	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	14/04/2003	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alex Salmond	09/06/2003	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed

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